12.5 million employees, making the food-service industry the largest employers besides government.

More after the jump.

More of a look at the food-service industry, courtesy the National Restaurant Association.

Every additional $1 million in restaurant sales generates an additional 37 jobs for the nation’s economy.

Average per-location annual sales were $755,000 at full-service restaurants and $606,000 at limited-service places.

Average household expenditure for food away from home was $2,434, or $974 per person.

More than seven out of 10 eating-and-drinking places are single-unit (independent) operations.

Eating-and-drinking places are mostly small businesses, with seven out of 10 having fewer than 20 employees.

The typical employee in a foodservice occupation is: female (55 percent); younger than 30 years of age (54 percent); single (67 percent); works an average of 25 hours a week; lives in a household with two or more wage earners (78 percent).

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